sidetrack

He turned down assisting a professor with data analysis for a book, for instance, because it would have required substantial changes to his class schedule that would sidetrack his early graduation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

When Devi tries to sidetrack Dr. Ryan, she pivots the conversation.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023

A chorus of economists, including Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, say the banking sector instability should not sidetrack the Fed in its inflation-fighting campaign.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

At least one powerful general tried to sidetrack it, Mr. Hammond told the Boston Globe in 1989, but he declined to name him.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

I led my army northward, rarely having to sidetrack; the emperor himself sent the enemies I was hunting chasing after me.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

He wants them amped up for when he faces jeopardy in criminal trials or if something sidetracks his nomination.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023

“I hate spending energy and time on this kind of stuff because I feel like it sidetracks us,” state Sen. Shane Morigeau, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, said Thursday.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

"I don't think upward movement in interest rates alone is going to be the catalyst that sidetracks the M&A market," said Morgan Stanley's Miles.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2021

The sprawl makes room for mistakes, but the sprawl also makes room for one-off experiments and odd narrative sidetracks.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020

The sidetracks on the right facilitate the rapid distribution of produce sold at the market.

From A Terminal Market System New York's Most Urgent Need; Some Observations, Comments, and Comparisons of European Markets by Madeleine Black

But Ravichandran sees a chance that satellite companies get sidetracked and develop products aimed at deep-pocketed defense customers at the expense of other opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

The U.S. economy got sidetracked in February by tariff-related price increases, sluggish sales and the previous month’s Winter Storm Fern, but top executives were also more optimistic that business will improve later in the year.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Ellis says this narrative plays out in the film - Folarin works so much that he becomes "neglectful and sidetracked".

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

A third said they migrated to the U.S. to further their education but got sidetracked as business opportunities arose, and 20% said they had hoped to achieve the American dream through work opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

And each time I was about to call an end to the chaos, I got sidetracked by exigent cries of “R-and-W, center gate!”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Attention then lurched to another hot-button environmental issue — the world’s largest dam removal on the Elwha River — further sidetracking efforts to extend wilderness areas.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

Arano was a standout prospect for the Philadelphia Phillies, thrived in 60 appearances in 2018, then hurt his elbow in April 2019, sidetracking his career.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

A dozen ways of diverting, sidetracking, or derailing the conversation came to mind, yet somehow Nadine heard herself confessing to these people that Mercury’s funds were limited.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020

“People did it for me,” he says before sidetracking into bafflement over what GIF means.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020

From what he had heard of human prisoners, he'd guessed that sidetracking Steve's train of thought might help; it seemed to have worked.

From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson